May 21, 2025
Mount Gould – North Face
Thank goodness I had my crampons! Following my climb-and-ski of Mount Gould's east face a week ago, I returned this Monday to try Gould's north face, expecting a similarly-modest (more)
May 17, 2025
Skiing Mount Gould
Mount Gould is a modest Eastern Sierra thirteener that is readily accessible from the Onion Valley parking lot via either the Kearsarge Pass or Golden Trout Lake trails. While (more)
May 12, 2025
Point Mugu Flowers
For me it is definitely a strange and bittersweet wildflower season compared to years past, but there are flowers out there if you're willing to look for them. This is La Jolla (more)
April 22, 2025
From Bare to Fair
When my daughter and I got to Flagstaff for a Spring Break visit this past week, the entire south side of the mountain was bare, which quashed my plan to repeat some of the (more)
March 25, 2025
Kratka Sunday
Kratka Ridge may not offer the most challenging terrain in Southern California, but for entry-level touring, this ranks easily among the best choices in the San Gabriel (more)
March 17, 2025
BP: Mostly Skiing
Here's Baden-Powell Saturday, one day after our slightly-miraculous mid-March storm cycle, which put about three feet of dense snow atop the big three SoCal ranges. I admit, I (more)
March 16, 2025
Little Williamson
Here's sunrise on a snowy Mountain Williamson near Valyermo, California as seen yesterday. This is the north side of the San Gabriels—a less traveled but very special part (more)
March 9, 2025
Waterman: Very Thin
I was expecting thin coverage at the base of Waterman, but the big surprise was how little snow there was around 8000'. It was barely skiable at the base of the mountain today, (more)
March 7, 2025
Snow & More On The Way
With snow "out there somewhere" and my long lens now long gone, I decided to look for a new city-mountain vantage point, which led me to Puente Hills and then the (more)
March 3, 2025
Lizard Head Pass
I like to imagine someday retiring to the San Juans, where I'd become known as that crazy old man from California who skis innovative and aesthetic lines that somehow skirt the (more)
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